Mercantile Sampler Sew Along - Week Three - Duck and Ducklings Block!!

"DUCK AND DUCKLINGS BLOCK"

Welcome back to week three of the 

"MERCANTILE SAMPLER"

Sew Along!

Are you ready to sew with me?

I hope that you will join me here each week 

when I will be doing two tutorials

 weekly...every Monday and Friday.

We are making the 

Mercantile Sampler Quilt

88" x 88"

The quilt is made with my fabric

 collection called Mercantile:)

We are piecing all 25 blocks 

and then turning them into a 

12" circle to applique onto a

 4-Patch Block background!

I detail all of the supplies 

that you need to make the quilt in my

 Bee Prepared post right here on my blog.

I have already posted the

"BEE PREPARED"

 post which not only details

 all of the supplies needed but

 explains how this sew along works.

I have also given the links there 

for the free PDF Download 

of the Sew Along Guides

CLICK HERE

to download the sew along guide

if you have not downloaded yet.

CLICK HERE

to download the sampler block

 sew along guide.

As per usual for the first block in my 

new fabric collection Sew Alongs

 that FIRST tutorial is a video.

Because I now have my own  

YouTube Channel

 I have posted the 

 Birthday Cake Block

Tutorial there.

CLICK HERE

to visit my channel and watch the 

tutorial and I hope that you love it!

Pretty please leave me a comment

over there and let me know:)

If you like what you see 

and my other videos there...

click on subscribe and click on the bell

 to be notified whenever

 I post another tutorial:)

 

ANGEL STAR BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

MAPLE LEAF BLOCK

CLICK HERE

For the tutorial and blog post

  

GRANDMA'S QUILT BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

PUZZLE BLOCK

CLICK HERE

for the tutorial and blog post

Today we are making the 

DUCK AND DUCKLINGS BLOCK

Here's mine all cut and ready to sew!

Cutting each block will be super 

simple because of the sew along guide

that is provided for you.

Let's get started by making the 

four corner segments in the block.

Sew the four "D" squares to 

 four "B" squares first and then sew 

those to four of the "A" rectangles. 

And press open.

Now we are going to sew 

easy corner triangles using the

 "C" squares onto these four segments.

You can mark a line from corner to corner

 or use the Seams Sew Easy Guide.

Trim off extra using an 

approximate 1/4" seam allowance.

Press seams open and you can use the

 4" Trim-it Ruler to make sure that they

 each measure 4" square at this point.

Now let's add easy corner triangles

 using the four remaining "B" squares. 

Sew them onto the corners like this...

Trim off the excess and this time 

we are NOT pressing open but pressing 

towards the Easy Corner Triangle.

They should all still measure 4" square:)

Okay now we can sew our block together!

Lay out our block on the design board 

and sew it together just like a 9-patch!!

Back of my block:)

Add the borders so that 

we can make it into a circle:)

Okay let's go to the worktable and 

prepare our block for appliqué:)

Line up the center seams of the

 4-patch background with the center 

 of the block for placement. 

Pin into place and glue baste:)

All ready for applique!

After applique...

trim it down to 14 1/2" square 

using the 14 1/2" Trim-It Ruler.

Line up the seams in the block 

with the lines on the ruler 

for easy peasy accuracy!

And now we have 6 blocks completed.

I just love them all!!

I hope that you will love 

sewing YOUR sixth sampler block

for our sampler quilt...

and then turning it into a circle!

I'll meet you right back here

on my blog next Monday for the 

Spools and Bobbins Block tutorial...

xx

Lori

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